Sophomore All-American Angelika Johansson's Conference-best 16th
goal of the season proved to be the match-winner today at
Assumption. PHOTO BY Grant Wall.
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Ravens ride two first half goals to bounce-back win
Boxscore
WORCESTER, Mass. (October
12, 2008) - Franklin Pierce University, ranked
15th in this week's National Soccer Coaches Association
of America (NSCAA)/adidas Division II poll, scored two first half
goals and held off Assumption College down the stretch for a 2-1
victory in Northeast-10 Conference women's soccer action at
Multi-Sport Stadium this afternoon.
Franklin Pierce scored twice in
less than two minutes late in the first half to stake a two goal
lead before halftime and withstood a late Assumption rally which
produced its lone goal in the final ten minutes. Senior
Kelly Sisco (Hubbardston, Mass./Quabbin Regional)
and sophomore All-American Angelika Johansson (Falkenberg,
Sweden) scored goals for the Ravens, while sophomore
Kristina Gillen (East Bridgewater, Mass./Carver)
connected for the Greyhounds.
Senior Kelly Sisco opened the scoring with her fourth marker of the
season. PHOTO BY Richard Orr Sports Photography.
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Senior goalkeeper Brittany
Ester (Toms River, N.J./Toms River East) made two saves to
preserve the victory for Franklin Pierce, while sophomore
Lauren Keating (Nashua, N.H./Nashua North) stopped
eight shots for Assumption. The Ravens finished with a 15-7
advantage in shots for the match after producing an 11-2 margin on
the opening half.
Franklin Pierce took the lead in
the 38th minute, when she took a cross from junior
Allison Haines (Honolulu, Hawaii/Roosevelt) and
slipped a shot inside the left post past Keating for her fourth
goal of the season. The Ravens doubled their lead just 1:13 later
as Johansson bagged her Conference leading 16th goal of
the season in the 40th minute.
Assumption out-shot Franklin Pierce
5-4 in the second half and finally drew within one as Gillen scored
unassisted for her fifth goal of the season with just 6:54 to play
in regulation. Gillen had another shot go wide just 38-seconds
after the goal, but that would prove to be the final shot of the
match by either side.
Franklin Pierce (8-3-1, 6-2-1
NE-10) is back in action on Wednesday for a key NE-10 match up with
18th-ranked Southern New Hampshire University on Sodexo
Field at 4 p.m. Assumption (6-6-1, 3-5-1 NE-10) travels to UMass
Lowell on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
